Table 4 Interview Topic Guide
Main topic areas | Â |
  1. Context – participant’s experience and understanding of diagnosis, care, treatment |  |
  2. Smoking behaviour and beliefs – smoking history, feelings and beliefs about smoking, relationship with health |  |
  3. Smoking and social networks – views and behaviours of others |  |
  4. Attempts at smoking cessation – how these felt, use of services, experiences |  |
  5. Accessing healthcare as a smoker – discussions about smoking/cessation |  |
  6. Experiences of cancer and smoking – discussions, information, support, connections made, changes in behaviour or feelings, use of services, attitudes towards smoking now, family support, difficulties and challenges |  |
  7. Views about smoking advice intervention for people with cancer and families – what would work, not work, challenges, benefits |  |
  8. Feelings about the interview, talking about smoking |  |